
The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 205
Conversation in Helsinki (2000)
The Writings of Marguerite Bourgeoys, p. 205
Address to the students of Brown University, quoted in Ida Tarbell (1904) The History of the Standard Oil Company
Context: The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God.
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 238.
“It's so nice to get flowers while you can still smell the fragrance.”
Quoted in People magazine, 10 November 1980 http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20077832,00.html
“For love is beautiful only when you have mastered your emotions and mind.”
The Fast of Ramadan: The Inner Heart Blossoms (2005)